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Originally Posted by J_Player
Hi Max,
When you say Autarchy, I presume you mean autarky, which means self sufficiency. The USA is self sufficient in some ways. At least they don't rely on any one particular industry to maintain their existence, and they don't require the aid of other countries for military strength. But this has little to do with what the average American watches to see the news.
The average American is too busy with working and raising a family to spend leisure time looking for lots of news broadcasts with different opinions. Most Americans watch the local news broadcasts because they will get the local sports news and weather forecast only when they watch the local news. These local broadcasts often have their own reporters read the world news that is handed to them by USA news agencies. Other Americans like to watch their favorite world news on CNN or other USA news reports. But rarely the average USA citizen spends much time listening to news broadcast from non-USA services, partly because they have become accustomed to their favorite broadcasts, and they want to get the spectrum of news they are accustomed to within a reasonable length of time so they have time to spend with their families and other activities. Many of the large news agencies like CNN and Fox will often put on short interviews with reporters from England and other countries, which gives the viewer the impression he is hearing the news from all over the world. Of course, the USA news agency will choose what foreign reporters are permitted to talk to their American audience. Most Americans have no idea there can be a large difference in the content of world news broadcasts from other sources.
The reason I came to learn there was a different version of the news is because listening to short wave radio broadcasts was once a hobby that I did in my spare time for more than a year. After seeing how much the news can change from different sources, I became aware that the USA news is not the only version, and is sometimes not the most accurate version. Since that time, when I hear about some world controversy, I will listen to some of the news broadcasts from the European countries, and South America, as well as from the Pacific. It does not take long to find out what most of the world is thinking about a particular world news event that way.
But not even I have time for continually listening to hours of news broadcasts every day. I found there are more important things to life, like metal detectors, for example.
Best wishes,
J_P
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Hi,
yes I meant autarky, wrote as "autarchy" that means both autarky and autocracy... or maybe I wrote it wrong ???
Anyway... the meaning is like you described... and also about a self-referential set of rules that US made... and others must follow... otherwise... BOMBS!
That's the "cure" for those who are out of US made rules... not that many, really many of these rules are non-sense... indeed these have lot of sense, and guaranteed peace for many and for many years.
Ok, ok... maybe I made too much humor on very serious issues here...
but I still think that we live in a world made of infomations and news today... so I can only see as strange stuff the about complete blindness of US citizens to what happens in the world today... at least that's true for big part of US population.
You're in the US... so you know better than me how things go there... then right... maybe people are too busy with work/career and rise family than watching BBC or whatever... sure, I agree with that... and happens also in other countries...
But I imagine average US citizens, following your description, as completely blind about how really things are out of USA.
Now... suppose a young man enlist for the Army... to go in Iraq/Afghanistan or other interesting hot place today... cause read national newspapers and/or watch Fox.... and similar things.
What he will discover once there ???
"Something" will be different from local description of press...
Still I'm making humor on serious things...
What I wanna say is that is so stupid for e.g. a US citizen enlist in that ignorance about world affairs... but seems still many do... expecially where there's lack of work and much recession...
Hmmm... don't seems patriotic that young american guys study situation before made similar bad move!
But, then... when they will be back from hell will they watch BBC or not ???
I think also their families must pay more attention to "other points of view" instead of thinking just at career and excursions in spare time... than after crying on a coffin.
Also cause recruiting is performed much in poor places... and related to about-ignorant guys!
I don't know of any recruiter at e.g. beverly hills... but I'm not in the US so can't say for sure.
Cause... I think also, one of the top-secrets of US news are pictures like below... death soldiers that return home in plastic bags.
I mean... if one knows and accept the risks ok... no problems.
I mean... sometimes is better less autarky and point the dish to european satellites... than watching some local news worth nothing apart local baseball scores...
Kind regards,
Max